As a young adult, I enjoyed the riffs, the instrumentals and knew the lyrics, but I hadn't yet experienced what he was singing about, so it was pretty much fantasy to me. Fast forward to my 30's and after experiencing the heartaches and challenges of life, along with the loss of loved ones and peers I had grown up with, I developed a whole new perspective and "understood" the lyrics. It hit.....HARD when I heard this song again in my 30's. Now, at 45, I feel like life is half over and I have yet to achieve what I wanted to when I was a kid and I have a different, third perspective on the lyrics, that of regret. This is a song that will never be outdated, unfortunately, because the sad reality is that the kids are NEVER alright.
I was a teenager in the 90's and heard this song when it first came out. Offspring was more well-known and listened to by the punk-rock and ska scenes. We all read and knew the lyrics to the music we listened to, and a ton of 90's punk was like this. A high energy, hard driving sound with dark or sad messages about life falling apart. Our generation was pervaded with this overwhelming sense that something wasn't right. That society was going to take a dark turn, and swallow many of us in the process. Rest in Peace Ben, JD, Chris, Brad, Chester, and Chris D.; at least you guys don't have to deal with the current day.
I was 27 when this song (album) came out. :D They were very raw and straight shooters. Anyone who listened to punk, ska or hard rock, liked them and they were very popular for a while. They were singing about our generation problems, fears and 'hopes'. And after 25 years we can still see that young people still can identify with same problems as previous generation. Socially wise we are standing still or even backtracking. Which is very bad for whole humanity.
OFFSPRING is the band that discovered the world of heavy rock music for me back in '97. Their contribution is difficult to overestimate. The Great Ones
With Offspring there is no bull..... They tell it straight to your face, like it or not. I was 34 when this song was released and I thought to myself "Wow, these guys are so raw and so true". Now at 59, these older songs are even more relevant. And for the younger generations, even more.
@@thaeros You're right! The 70's were a kind of a wake up call pretty much for everyone. I was never into punk music, but nobody can deny they addressed the problems face to face. That's why bands like Sex Pistols and The Clash (just to name two of them) were so important. Edit: Spelling.
The song title is a reference to the 1965 song "The Kids Are Alright" by The Who (in fact one of many songs and other pop cultural media to reference it)
The Offspring had a lot of "bangers" from the early 90's and onward. "Self Esteem" brings to mind college basement party memories (Honorable mention to Soul Asylum's "Somebody To Shove" which also came out around that time). "Gone Away" is very emotional, "Pretty Fly (for a white guy)" is very humorous. Can't really go wrong with picking a popular Offspring song.
Their songs are mostly under three minutes because their style of music is a subgenre of punk rock. On that note, check out "All I Want" (the official music video is pretty intense!). It's only 1'52" long but packs surprisingly lot in it!
I was a Brazilian teenager when Americana was released, I was studying in high school and instantly everyone was hooked on their music. the kids arent alright are THE CLASSIC.
They play this song and lots of other Offspring songs on rock radio all the time. Punk rock in general tends to have shorter songs. "All I Want" by Offspring for example is only 2 minutes long, but it's a banger
nobody reacts to the Offspring. Maybe bc they are not considered "serious" only a entry band for normies getting into Punk Rock?? I don't really like that. Their first albums up to Americana are very punky and I love them, bc they remind me of my teenager years
Years ago at a club I’d try to get the DJ to play You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid and he never would. Finally I told him to do it when the club had drink specials. You know, do it as a palate cleanser. He did. He was shocked to see the floor fill back up. From then on he’d ask me what to play randomly
I'm going to be 51 in a couple of weeks and this song is like an anthem of my life. Growing up in the 80's on my street we had a great group of kids. At some point we all went our different ways and well, two of us OD'd and died, one died from Covid, two others are in prison, and I had a stroke one year ago and going through a divorce. Yeah, the kids are NOT alright....
This band was the very blood of my childhood music. I still know every song by heart. I know the drum beats, the guitars everything. But this also hits home. My grandmother's street there were 20 kids that played together. Playing football, tag, hide and seek. And we always thought we would stay this forever. I know that 10 of those 20 kids are dead from overdose. 3 are still in jail. 3 more are homeless. And the remaining 4 had decent lives. I'm one of them. My friends Matt, Jason and Johnathan have done well. But I cannot believe how one street took 16 lives. In all different ways. I remember hearing this song when I turned 40 and just thinking "F*CK!!" I was graduating high school so maybe 17-18 years old when this came out. I'm now 43. Imagine what would be. But I heard something years ago that hurt. "One day you woke up and it was the last time you played with some of your friends and you don't even remember it." 😢 That street now has several drug houses and most avoid the area. Take it from the Offsprings biggest fan. Do NOT react to "come out and play" or "genocide" or any other massive hit. React to "Bad Habit." It's about road rage and super fun. Or another song called "what happened to you?" Or do both. Not mainstream songs but they are super fun.
This is one of the first attempts at CG photography and video recording. The very first ones were in the Matrix when Trinity took off and froze in the air. Then this effect surprised everyone. Today this does not surprise anyone and any camera seller can remove it. You need about 20-25 cameras that shoot separately frames with a delay of 0-25 frames per second and then connect them.
Really, this song is a reality for much people, our childhood is the best part of our lives, and sometimes, wrong decisions causes bad consequences entire all the rest of life. I listened so much when younger and the message persists. Great song and great reaction Biss.
Grew up on this band. So many days skateboarding to these guys. Good times. For anyone learning guitar out there this is a great song to learn. It's not that complicated and is always super fun to jam along too no matter how far or early you are on your journey.
The Offspring started in the 80's as an indie punk rock band... They broke big in the 90's when their (3rd?) album 'Smash' became an MTV hit in 1994 and spawned the 'pop-punk' genre w/ the likes of Green Day, Blink 182, Bad Religion, etc... The Offspring had both serious songs (like this one from 1998) and comedic songs as well 😂 The classic Offspring was: Dexter Holland (vocals), Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman (guitar), Greg K (bass) and Ron Welty (drums)... Currently, only Holland and Noodles are in the Offspring w/ session members... After a series of demos, The Offspring released their debut album in 1989... followed by 2nd album 'Ignition' in 1992, which sold well in the wake of the 90's grunge rock era. 3rd album 'Smash' was released on a punk label Epitaph and became a surprise hit in 1994, eventually selling 6x platinum in the US and were also a huge hit in Europe as a punk rock band. Offers came from major labels to sign The Offspring and they finally signed w/ major label Columbia in 1997 for their 4th album 'Ixnay on the hombre'... despite heavy promotion, it only sold platinum. The Offspring quickly made the 'Americana' album in 1998 and it broke big again, selling 5x platinum in the US ...another hit record worldwide. Next album 'Conspiracy of one' went platinum in 2000 as the 90's ended and The Offspring still persisted, despite declining record sales. After drummer Ron Welty left the band, The Offspring released 'Splinter' in 2003 and toured successfully over the next 2 decades w/ albums like 'Rise and fall, rage and grace' (2008)... 'Days go by' (2012) ... still staying popular and relevant. After the departure of bassist Greg K, The Offspring released their latest album 'Let the bad times roll' (2021) and r still actively touring. Suggestions for the Offspring - "Pretty fly (for a white guy)" ... 'Self-esteem' ... 'Gone away' ... 'Hit that' ... "Why don't you get a job?" ... 'Gotta get away' ... 'Original prankster' ... 'I choose'... 'Come out and play' ... 'All I want'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘
I was like 10 when this came out and was already in love with The Offspring, was way into pop punk and alternative music. It was just a fun, upbeat song we loved and played it to Tony hawk's Pro Skater 1&2. Through college it became more real and sadly revelant as you say.
They do tell stories. Listen to every word. They sound shallow they aren’t. The dream to be amazing big loved. This song talks about those that didn’t. Love
I was 16 or so when this album came out. I remember getting the CD from an extended family member as a Christmas present. I still hold Americana as an album in high regard. It was fun but at the same time thought provoking. Hooks like "The Truth about the World is that Crime Does Pay" and of course "Chances Blown, nothing's free" resonated with my younger self and still do with my older self. Thanks for asking. I think I was a part of the generation that grew up with this music and has a special place in my heart for it.
I was around 19-20 when I first heard this. I listened to the lyrics as welling as rocking out to it as well. One about this song is true: The more things change, the more they remain the same". Other songs to consider from them are **GONE AWAY** and **COME OUT AND PLAY** Cheers Biss!
The Offspring 🤘 Re-recommending "Garbage" for a female led 90s rock band. Only happy when it rains, Stupid Girl, I think I'm paranoid will be a good intro to the band. Hope you get to them at some point 😊
When the singer go back to his old neighborhood he saw his old place when he was young every Change for bad, the song is about that his old home neighborhood
I was 17 when I first heard this song, and you're pretty right in how you're perceiving it. At first, it was a fun boppy song to play at a party, but as you get older and listen to the lyrics it fills you with a sense of regret and longing. It's a well composed song
I was 12 when this came out, and it was on the first album I ever bought Americana. I bought it after having seen the band perform the single pretty fly for a white guy on top of the pops using a drum kit made from decapitated doll heads. I got very familiar with this song as it followed that song on the album. At the time I thought it was fine, however 25 years life experiences make this hit much different, as such this is maybe one of my favourite songs by any band ever
I bought this album when it was new in 1998, I was 15. This was my favorite song on the album, but I never imagined it was about me and my friends or classmates. We were gonna make it big and not be beat. It just hits harder and harder as I get older and see what has become of all our dreams. The ones who are still around that is.
I think that song came out about 20 years ago. There was a radio station here that use to play that kind of music. Here in Brazil this kind of radio station is disappearing.
heard this first in my teens, and thought the song absolutely rocked. it hits very different in your 20s, almost like a warning. I'm now 36 and it hits very different again. The anger and sorrow at the singer's unfufilled promises of how life was supposed to be is something i think many of our generatrion take to heart; after hearing throughout our childhood that we 'could be anything we wanted to be,' nobody told us back then that there was always the chance that might not happen either or that there's a massive difference beween what you wanted as a child and what you got as an adult.
The Offspring is one of the most popular punk rock band all over the world, the can even be considered a classic now because they formed in 1984 but their most succesfull era was at mid 90´s until mid 2000´s. They have great hits like this one in reaction, other songs can be "Why Don´t You Get A Job", "Come Out And Play", "Self Esteem" , "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)", "Original Prankster", "Want You Bad", each one is nice. Great reaction. Kisses...!!!
I was 12 when this released. Having lost a friend to suicide and OD both in their late 20's kinda makes this song spooky as hell now. Luckily it's not because the environment went bad but still a lot of materialized prophecies in it 😬
Love your reaction, all you said is true.... that was a hit when I was younger 'cause the sound of music, bit now its better, as an adult, its so powerfull and says clearly what is life, there were some good bands in those times... so thumbs up for you.
Late 90s / early 2000s punk rock is just my favorite music, so I'm really happy to see it on your channel! I hope there will be more of it in the future! 👍
This was the first band that I listened to and I got the album Americana when I was about 7 which was my first album from them and I litens to every track all the time. I even played some of the songs when I was a teenager and in school for school plays with y friends, those were good times.
This came out during my HS years. I'd bet most of us who listened to this didn't think any of the lyrics applied to us. It didn't take 26 years later to know many of the things in his lyrics came to pass in my neighborhood by senior year. The amount of teen parents, friends of friends OD'ing on drugs, going to jail and all the other stuff.
I used to listen to Offspring, Greenday and all the other punk/rock bands in the early 2000s. These days I still enjoy them whenever they play on the radio, but my music taste has evolved. :)
I grew up in Romania as well... i used to love the offspring... i was a kid... maybe 12-13 years old when i was jumping in the house on their music... also on metallica, guns n roses, nirvana (when kurt cobain was alive)... nice memories... now i'm jumping on slaughter to prevail concerts, arch enemy, butcher babies, epica etc
My favorite Offspring song is 'Gone Away'. The song KICKS ASS, and the lyrics are about death and loss. The song came out around the time my dad died, and I would go into my room, crank it up, violently play air guitar and drums, and sing/yell the lyrics. The song actually helped get me through those days.
@@plasticsurgerydisaster6180 Yeah, I probably didn't sound too good, I'm not a singer lol. And by the time I sang/yelled it once, my voice was basically shot.
You nailed it, i used to skateboard in 2000 to this music and now I listen to this music at work like where did the time go?.... so fast I would recommend from their first album "Gotta Get Away" from 1994 would be the first song i heard from them
This is one of my favourite bands. They have alot of good songs. I was a bit younger than you when I heard this song first time ( I think). Now I am 48. I think it you were quite right. Great reaction.
@@WolfHreda Doing your best requires thinking and discernment. Or hell and consequences, then realizing your ideas and way you treated everybody was wrong.
When I heard it for the first time I was 9 years old. When I was 15 years old, my brother listened to The Offsprings and he instilled it in me. Nowadays it is my favorite band, I went to all the concerts I could in Argentina. Before I only listened to it because of how it sounded, today I am more immersed in all its lyrics and if you hear and feel differently, it is a reflection of life itself. Recommendations: The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid / (Can't Get My) Head Around You / Million Miles Away / Dammit, I Changed Again.
I have always thought of this band as in the top spot of my favorite bands, they are awesome. This song is great on a important issue. Great reaction, I would love for you to do more songs by them. Songs like; All I want, Come out and Play, Bad habit, little caution with that one lol, Pretty Fly for a White Guy, Million Milles away and let the bad times roll. There is many more because I love every song they have ever written. Congrats on two years! 🎉🎉
first time i listened was 1998 when it came out, i was 22, and by the way those were awesome CG at the time, and yup it was a banger that just played in the background, but now, i am 47 and have had a family and lost it, had the dream job and lost it, the song does have a nostalgic feeling to it but mostly it is a reminder of those things i have lost. I am in a good place in my life, have an even better job, but at the time when i thought what i had was the best i would ever have i paid no attention to this song, now i do not listen to it unless i hear it by chance,.. but it is the only song from The Offspring i listen to.
Dexter Holland is an amazing Individual. Apart from several charitable ventures, he's a pilot that completed a 10 day around the world solo trip back in 2004. He pilots his band to most all of thier concerts while on tour in his own jet. lol
This is one of my favorite songs. About a year ago, you reacted to Gone Away which is originally an Offspring song that was covered by Five Fine Death Punch. FFDP version was surprisingly different. They are both really good.
I am 34 now. Have not heard this song in forever. Think at least 20 years or something. Completely forgot it really. But hearing it now, I remembered it instantly. So, if nothing else, that means the song had an impact.
Always loved this video so beautifully shot, simple techniques but really expresses the song. I loved this in my teens, in my 20's it really related to me when you start hearing what happened to people you grew up with
This song was released when I was 14 years, and now even I'm not a kid yet and I'm not alright. I love this song since It what released, and I'm still loving It now, even hurting so much because it's very real.
its also interesting because you talk about over time, if you've followed offspring since the beginning, the first song on their first album was "jennifer lost the war" a similar message from years before both are still relevant today.
Well Biss growing up I really was never into this kind of music cause I was more pop or rap music but I would hear this song from time to time on the radio and I would jam out but now I listen to all kinds of music whenever I'm in the mood to listen to ill listen to hit.
I've loved these guys since the first time I heard them. I believe Smash was their second album, the album before cold like 15,000 copies. Smash had a budget of like $20,000 and was expected to sell a max of 75,000 copies and it blew up on the backs of Self Esteem, and Come out and Play, though I feel those weren't the best songs on that album. This song has always been one of my favorite from them, though. My daughter is 22 and has a play list of upbeat songs that have truly sad and depressing lyrics. This song is on that play list. They were a breath of fresh air to the punk genre.
The Offspring are iconic, definitely a huge name in the 90s & 2000s with so many hits. Their music really ties the Crazy Taxi soundtrack together! You gotta hear Come Out And Play, probably their most famous serious song. For comedy value, check out Pretty Fly (For A White Guy).
Love this song so much! It came out in 1998, when I was 10 years old. I was listening to it then and I continued to listen to the song for many years after. Initially when I first heard the song as a young boy I felt that the song was a fun one to listen to! I was bopping around my room faking guitar riffs and dancing like an idiot to it! xD Has so much fun! :) Years later though, when I heard the song as a teenager that had a good bit more life experience and knowledge, I felt that the song had depth to it - meaning. It was still (always will be!!) a fun bop to listen to, but more than that it was something to reflect on. When I hear this song I'm transported to my childhood years where I was a maniac, doing all sorts of crazy things! :) I look back and laugh and smile, because of this song and many others like it. I had some wild experiences while listening to this with very good friends of mine. I'll always treasure this song for that! :D
Dexter (the lead singer) is on the list for most interesting people in the world, pretty big rock star they were big in the 90's/00's, then got a PHD in something microbiology or something wrote a paper that helped AIDS or something, then made his own hot sauce brand that is like the best selling on Amazon or something.
This came out when I was in senior High school and was "meeh" for me... but I understood and got the message like 10 years ago and it was a sucker punch. I think people hear and enjoy music as teenagers, and understand it as adult.
As a young adult, I enjoyed the riffs, the instrumentals and knew the lyrics, but I hadn't yet experienced what he was singing about, so it was pretty much fantasy to me. Fast forward to my 30's and after experiencing the heartaches and challenges of life, along with the loss of loved ones and peers I had grown up with, I developed a whole new perspective and "understood" the lyrics. It hit.....HARD when I heard this song again in my 30's. Now, at 45, I feel like life is half over and I have yet to achieve what I wanted to when I was a kid and I have a different, third perspective on the lyrics, that of regret. This is a song that will never be outdated, unfortunately, because the sad reality is that the kids are NEVER alright.
I'm same age as you, I agree, I didn't fully understand the weight of the words they are singing about, until life hit me with tradgedy.
I sit here at 42, still just crashing my way through life, and feeling exactly the same, including the loss of more loved ones than I care to count.
I was a teenager in the 90's and heard this song when it first came out. Offspring was more well-known and listened to by the punk-rock and ska scenes. We all read and knew the lyrics to the music we listened to, and a ton of 90's punk was like this. A high energy, hard driving sound with dark or sad messages about life falling apart. Our generation was pervaded with this overwhelming sense that something wasn't right. That society was going to take a dark turn, and swallow many of us in the process. Rest in Peace Ben, JD, Chris, Brad, Chester, and Chris D.; at least you guys don't have to deal with the current day.
I was 27 when this song (album) came out. :D They were very raw and straight shooters. Anyone who listened to punk, ska or hard rock, liked them and they were very popular for a while. They were singing about our generation problems, fears and 'hopes'. And after 25 years we can still see that young people still can identify with same problems as previous generation. Socially wise we are standing still or even backtracking. Which is very bad for whole humanity.
OFFSPRING is the band that discovered the world of heavy rock music for me back in '97. Their contribution is difficult to overestimate. The Great Ones
With Offspring there is no bull..... They tell it straight to your face, like it or not. I was 34 when this song was released and I thought to myself "Wow, these guys are so raw and so true". Now at 59, these older songs are even more relevant. And for the younger generations, even more.
This song just gets realer as time passes and seeing how the lives of our childhood friends or classmates develop. The kids really aren't alright.
@@laupstad True.
"How can one little street swallow so many lives?"
It's scary when this realization hits you in real life.
that was like that from the birth ( england) of punk in the 70 2 times punchy music and straigthforward lyrics about what is going wrong!
@@thaeros You're right! The 70's were a kind of a wake up call pretty much for everyone. I was never into punk music, but nobody can deny they addressed the problems face to face. That's why bands like Sex Pistols and The Clash (just to name two of them) were so important.
Edit: Spelling.
I absolutely love The Offspring, this and Gone Away are by far my favorites of their released hits.
The song title is a reference to the 1965 song "The Kids Are Alright" by The Who (in fact one of many songs and other pop cultural media to reference it)
The Offspring had a lot of "bangers" from the early 90's and onward. "Self Esteem" brings to mind college basement party memories (Honorable mention to Soul Asylum's "Somebody To Shove" which also came out around that time). "Gone Away" is very emotional, "Pretty Fly (for a white guy)" is very humorous. Can't really go wrong with picking a popular Offspring song.
Their songs are mostly under three minutes because their style of music is a subgenre of punk rock. On that note, check out "All I Want" (the official music video is pretty intense!). It's only 1'52" long but packs surprisingly lot in it!
I was a Brazilian teenager when Americana was released, I was studying in high school and instantly everyone was hooked on their music. the kids arent alright are THE CLASSIC.
They play this song and lots of other Offspring songs on rock radio all the time. Punk rock in general tends to have shorter songs. "All I Want" by Offspring for example is only 2 minutes long, but it's a banger
nobody reacts to the Offspring. Maybe bc they are not considered "serious" only a entry band for normies getting into Punk Rock?? I don't really like that. Their first albums up to Americana are very punky and I love them, bc they remind me of my teenager years
All I want is a killer track.
One of the best songs I’ve heard by The Offspring in recent years is You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid. Highly recommend it.
Years ago at a club I’d try to get the DJ to play You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid and he never would. Finally I told him to do it when the club had drink specials. You know, do it as a palate cleanser. He did. He was shocked to see the floor fill back up. From then on he’d ask me what to play randomly
I'm going to be 51 in a couple of weeks and this song is like an anthem of my life. Growing up in the 80's on my street we had a great group of kids. At some point we all went our different ways and well, two of us OD'd and died, one died from Covid, two others are in prison, and I had a stroke one year ago and going through a divorce. Yeah, the kids are NOT alright....
I know this is not that album but Smash has only bangers
This band was the very blood of my childhood music. I still know every song by heart. I know the drum beats, the guitars everything. But this also hits home. My grandmother's street there were 20 kids that played together. Playing football, tag, hide and seek. And we always thought we would stay this forever. I know that 10 of those 20 kids are dead from overdose. 3 are still in jail. 3 more are homeless. And the remaining 4 had decent lives. I'm one of them. My friends Matt, Jason and Johnathan have done well. But I cannot believe how one street took 16 lives. In all different ways. I remember hearing this song when I turned 40 and just thinking "F*CK!!" I was graduating high school so maybe 17-18 years old when this came out. I'm now 43. Imagine what would be. But I heard something years ago that hurt. "One day you woke up and it was the last time you played with some of your friends and you don't even remember it." 😢 That street now has several drug houses and most avoid the area.
Take it from the Offsprings biggest fan. Do NOT react to "come out and play" or "genocide" or any other massive hit. React to "Bad Habit." It's about road rage and super fun. Or another song called "what happened to you?" Or do both. Not mainstream songs but they are super fun.
Loved the reaction!, next from The Offspring I recommend:
Self esteem
Come out and Play
Gone away
This is one of the first attempts at CG photography and video recording. The very first ones were in the Matrix when Trinity took off and froze in the air. Then this effect surprised everyone. Today this does not surprise anyone and any camera seller can remove it. You need about 20-25 cameras that shoot separately frames with a delay of 0-25 frames per second and then connect them.
Really, this song is a reality for much people, our childhood is the best part of our lives, and sometimes, wrong decisions causes bad consequences entire all the rest of life. I listened so much when younger and the message persists. Great song and great reaction Biss.
Grew up on this band. So many days skateboarding to these guys. Good times. For anyone learning guitar out there this is a great song to learn. It's not that complicated and is always super fun to jam along too no matter how far or early you are on your journey.
The Offspring started in the 80's as an indie punk rock band... They broke big in the 90's when their (3rd?) album 'Smash' became an MTV hit in 1994 and spawned the 'pop-punk' genre w/ the likes of Green Day, Blink 182, Bad Religion, etc... The Offspring had both serious songs (like this one from 1998) and comedic songs as well 😂
The classic Offspring was: Dexter Holland (vocals), Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman (guitar), Greg K (bass) and Ron Welty (drums)... Currently, only Holland and Noodles are in the Offspring w/ session members... After a series of demos, The Offspring released their debut album in 1989... followed by 2nd album 'Ignition' in 1992, which sold well in the wake of the 90's grunge rock era.
3rd album 'Smash' was released on a punk label Epitaph and became a surprise hit in 1994, eventually selling 6x platinum in the US and were also a huge hit in Europe as a punk rock band.
Offers came from major labels to sign The Offspring and they finally signed w/ major label Columbia in 1997 for their 4th album 'Ixnay on the hombre'... despite heavy promotion, it only sold platinum. The Offspring quickly made the 'Americana' album in 1998 and it broke big again, selling 5x platinum in the US ...another hit record worldwide. Next album 'Conspiracy of one' went platinum in 2000 as the 90's ended and The Offspring still persisted, despite declining record sales.
After drummer Ron Welty left the band, The Offspring released 'Splinter' in 2003 and toured successfully over the next 2 decades w/ albums like 'Rise and fall, rage and grace' (2008)... 'Days go by' (2012) ... still staying popular and relevant.
After the departure of bassist Greg K, The Offspring released their latest album 'Let the bad times roll' (2021) and r still actively touring.
Suggestions for the Offspring - "Pretty fly (for a white guy)" ... 'Self-esteem' ... 'Gone away' ... 'Hit that' ... "Why don't you get a job?" ... 'Gotta get away' ... 'Original prankster' ... 'I choose'... 'Come out and play' ... 'All I want'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘
I was like 10 when this came out and was already in love with The Offspring, was way into pop punk and alternative music. It was just a fun, upbeat song we loved and played it to Tony hawk's Pro Skater 1&2. Through college it became more real and sadly revelant as you say.
They do tell stories. Listen to every word. They sound shallow they aren’t. The dream to be amazing big loved. This song talks about those that didn’t. Love
I grew up listening to them, they have so many great songs, looking forward to you reacting to more of their songs ^^
I was 16 or so when this album came out. I remember getting the CD from an extended family member as a Christmas present. I still hold Americana as an album in high regard. It was fun but at the same time thought provoking. Hooks like "The Truth about the World is that Crime Does Pay" and of course "Chances Blown, nothing's free" resonated with my younger self and still do with my older self. Thanks for asking. I think I was a part of the generation that grew up with this music and has a special place in my heart for it.
Offspring is one my favs bands. "Americana" album which this song is part of was the 1st album ever I bought when I was 12 in 99/2000.
I was around 19-20 when I first heard this. I listened to the lyrics as welling as rocking out to it as well. One about this song is true: The more things change, the more they remain the same". Other songs to consider from them are **GONE AWAY** and **COME OUT AND PLAY** Cheers Biss!
The Offspring 🤘
Re-recommending "Garbage" for a female led 90s rock band. Only happy when it rains, Stupid Girl, I think I'm paranoid will be a good intro to the band. Hope you get to them at some point 😊
Im going to the kroq almost accoustic concert this weekend and the offspring is going to be playing. I am very excited.
I was a teenager when I first heard that song i have all their albums at home more to come ❤
Offspring has a lot of great songs so you are in for a treat as you hear more of them.
Makes me feel like I'm 16 years old again, depressing yet heartwarming at the same time
Love the OFFSPRING!🤘
When the singer go back to his old neighborhood he saw his old place when he was young every Change for bad, the song is about that his old home neighborhood
I was 17 when I first heard this song, and you're pretty right in how you're perceiving it. At first, it was a fun boppy song to play at a party, but as you get older and listen to the lyrics it fills you with a sense of regret and longing. It's a well composed song
I was 12 when this came out, and it was on the first album I ever bought Americana. I bought it after having seen the band perform the single pretty fly for a white guy on top of the pops using a drum kit made from decapitated doll heads. I got very familiar with this song as it followed that song on the album. At the time I thought it was fine, however 25 years life experiences make this hit much different, as such this is maybe one of my favourite songs by any band ever
Thanks for sharing ❤️
I bought this album when it was new in 1998, I was 15. This was my favorite song on the album, but I never imagined it was about me and my friends or classmates. We were gonna make it big and not be beat.
It just hits harder and harder as I get older and see what has become of all our dreams. The ones who are still around that is.
I think that song came out about 20 years ago. There was a radio station here that use to play that kind of music. Here in Brazil this kind of radio station is disappearing.
Great Band... much power!!!
heard this first in my teens, and thought the song absolutely rocked. it hits very different in your 20s, almost like a warning. I'm now 36 and it hits very different again. The anger and sorrow at the singer's unfufilled promises of how life was supposed to be is something i think many of our generatrion take to heart; after hearing throughout our childhood that we 'could be anything we wanted to be,' nobody told us back then that there was always the chance that might not happen either or that there's a massive difference beween what you wanted as a child and what you got as an adult.
Listen to them at Woodstock for a live show
I was near your age when I first heard this song, still pack a punch 25 years on...... Nice to hear your view of this song.
The Offspring is one of the most popular punk rock band all over the world, the can even be considered a classic now because they formed in 1984 but their most succesfull era was at mid 90´s until mid 2000´s. They have great hits like this one in reaction, other songs can be "Why Don´t You Get A Job", "Come Out And Play", "Self Esteem" , "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)", "Original Prankster", "Want You Bad", each one is nice. Great reaction. Kisses...!!!
This song still makes me cry!!!
I was 12 when this released. Having lost a friend to suicide and OD both in their late 20's kinda makes this song spooky as hell now. Luckily it's not because the environment went bad but still a lot of materialized prophecies in it 😬
Esperando ansiosamente su concierto el próximo año acá en Bogotá Colombia 🤗🤗
They put on a great show, enjoy
Love your reaction, all you said is true.... that was a hit when I was younger 'cause the sound of music, bit now its better, as an adult, its so powerfull and says clearly what is life, there were some good bands in those times... so thumbs up for you.
Thank you so much, happy you loved it ❤️
Hi Miss Bisscute !!! The Adults Aren't right either 😅😢😂 As always the like button 🔳 has been Illuminated 😊
One of the best reaction channels and i watch lots lol well done Biz
Late 90s / early 2000s punk rock is just my favorite music, so I'm really happy to see it on your channel! I hope there will be more of it in the future! 👍
Happy to see you around as well, glad you liked this and hopefully more in the future ❤️
I remember listening this classic on MTV when I was 14/15 years
I first heard this song in 2002, I was 14. Back in the day a lot of songs talked about heavy stuffs that I could fully understand when I got older
Amazing song. Was psyched when I saw it pop up in my feed. Let the Bad Times Roll is another great song by them that came out a couple years ago.
This was the first band that I listened to and I got the album Americana when I was about 7 which was my first album from them and I litens to every track all the time. I even played some of the songs when I was a teenager and in school for school plays with y friends, those were good times.
This came out during my HS years. I'd bet most of us who listened to this didn't think any of the lyrics applied to us. It didn't take 26 years later to know many of the things in his lyrics came to pass in my neighborhood by senior year. The amount of teen parents, friends of friends OD'ing on drugs, going to jail and all the other stuff.
Congrats on your 2 years 💯👍 you do a great job
I used to listen to Offspring, Greenday and all the other punk/rock bands in the early 2000s. These days I still enjoy them whenever they play on the radio, but my music taste has evolved. :)
You should definitly react to Self Esteem from Offspring.
One of they're best Songs and, as far as i know, they're first big Hit.
Ill note it down thanks ❤️
wow... I haven't heard this song for a long time... :) It's like being in a time machine! Great! 👍🏻
Glad you liked this ❤️
I grew up in Romania as well... i used to love the offspring... i was a kid... maybe 12-13 years old when i was jumping in the house on their music... also on metallica, guns n roses, nirvana (when kurt cobain was alive)... nice memories... now i'm jumping on slaughter to prevail concerts, arch enemy, butcher babies, epica etc
I was born in 1985 and this came out when I was in middle school. Offspring were big in my life. I had their tape smash when I was 10
My favorite Offspring song is 'Gone Away'. The song KICKS ASS, and the lyrics are about death and loss. The song came out around the time my dad died, and I would go into my room, crank it up, violently play air guitar and drums, and sing/yell the lyrics. The song actually helped get me through those days.
That is a VERY hard one to sing.
@@plasticsurgerydisaster6180 Yeah, I probably didn't sound too good, I'm not a singer lol. And by the time I sang/yelled it once, my voice was basically shot.
You nailed it, i used to skateboard in 2000 to this music and now I listen to this music at work like where did the time go?.... so fast I would recommend from their first album "Gotta Get Away" from 1994 would be the first song i heard from them
This is one of my favourite bands. They have alot of good songs. I was a bit younger than you when I heard this song first time ( I think). Now I am 48. I think it you were quite right. Great reaction.
The kids are still not alright some 20+ years later.
Theyre worse
So much worse..
It was a good diagnosis.
The kids are doing their best to fix it, and I think they'll be alright eventually. But right now? Definitely less alright.
@@WolfHreda Doing your best requires thinking and discernment. Or hell and consequences, then realizing your ideas and way you treated everybody was wrong.
Oh yes, this song rocks!
I love this song! 😍
When I heard it for the first time I was 9 years old. When I was 15 years old, my brother listened to The Offsprings and he instilled it in me. Nowadays it is my favorite band, I went to all the concerts I could in Argentina. Before I only listened to it because of how it sounded, today I am more immersed in all its lyrics and if you hear and feel differently, it is a reflection of life itself.
Recommendations:
The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid / (Can't Get My) Head Around You / Million Miles Away / Dammit, I Changed Again.
One of the first albums I wound in my dads cd collection still a banger.
I have always thought of this band as in the top spot of my favorite bands, they are awesome. This song is great on a important issue. Great reaction, I would love for you to do more songs by them. Songs like; All I want, Come out and Play, Bad habit, little caution with that one lol, Pretty Fly for a White Guy, Million Milles away and let the bad times roll. There is many more because I love every song they have ever written. Congrats on two years! 🎉🎉
Thank you so much ❤️
Two of my favorite bands from HB, THE OFFSPRING AND AVENGED SEVENFOLD
They are still one of my favorite bands.
Hopefully more reactions to them in the future ❤️
The Offspring, an album of old songs but still good to listen to now great your reaction beautiful Bisscute 👍🤘
first time i listened was 1998 when it came out, i was 22, and by the way those were awesome CG at the time, and yup it was a banger that just played in the background, but now, i am 47 and have had a family and lost it, had the dream job and lost it, the song does have a nostalgic feeling to it but mostly it is a reminder of those things i have lost. I am in a good place in my life, have an even better job, but at the time when i thought what i had was the best i would ever have i paid no attention to this song, now i do not listen to it unless i hear it by chance,.. but it is the only song from The Offspring i listen to.
Recommend: Shania Twain. Song is You're Still the One. Live official video. A great song. 😊😊
My fav one! Thnks bisscute.
My pleasure, glad you liked this ❤️
Self-Esteem is my favorite The Offspring song!
...followed by Pay the Man 🤯
...... followed by Bad Habit 💥
Dexter Holland is an amazing Individual. Apart from several charitable ventures, he's a pilot that completed a 10 day around the world solo trip back in 2004. He pilots his band to most all of thier concerts while on tour in his own jet. lol
I see his hot sauce at the market all the time.
he also has a phd in molecular biology
@@thedominator87 exactly right
This is one of my favorite songs. About a year ago, you reacted to Gone Away which is originally an Offspring song that was covered by Five Fine Death Punch. FFDP version was surprisingly different. They are both really good.
I am 34 now.
Have not heard this song in forever. Think at least 20 years or something.
Completely forgot it really.
But hearing it now, I remembered it instantly.
So, if nothing else, that means the song had an impact.
thanks for reaction
Always loved this video so beautifully shot, simple techniques but really expresses the song. I loved this in my teens, in my 20's it really related to me when you start hearing what happened to people you grew up with
Man i was like 15/16 when this came out but i grew up in a rough part of town so it always spoke to me on that level
This song was released when I was 14 years, and now even I'm not a kid yet and I'm not alright. I love this song since It what released, and I'm still loving It now, even hurting so much because it's very real.
I think you read our minds I was just think wow I didn't know this song was deep just head banged to it and air guitar song
its also interesting because you talk about over time, if you've followed offspring since the beginning, the first song on their first album was "jennifer lost the war" a similar message from years before both are still relevant today.
Well Biss growing up I really was never into this kind of music cause I was more pop or rap music but I would hear this song from time to time on the radio and I would jam out but now I listen to all kinds of music whenever I'm in the mood to listen to ill listen to hit.
I've loved these guys since the first time I heard them. I believe Smash was their second album, the album before cold like 15,000 copies. Smash had a budget of like $20,000 and was expected to sell a max of 75,000 copies and it blew up on the backs of Self Esteem, and Come out and Play, though I feel those weren't the best songs on that album. This song has always been one of my favorite from them, though. My daughter is 22 and has a play list of upbeat songs that have truly sad and depressing lyrics. This song is on that play list. They were a breath of fresh air to the punk genre.
Nice reaction Beautiful Biss
The Offspring are iconic, definitely a huge name in the 90s & 2000s with so many hits. Their music really ties the Crazy Taxi soundtrack together! You gotta hear Come Out And Play, probably their most famous serious song. For comedy value, check out Pretty Fly (For A White Guy).
gone away and self esteem. you would love both
I like every song they put out
Love this song so much! It came out in 1998, when I was 10 years old. I was listening to it then and I continued to listen to the song for many years after. Initially when I first heard the song as a young boy I felt that the song was a fun one to listen to! I was bopping around my room faking guitar riffs and dancing like an idiot to it! xD Has so much fun! :) Years later though, when I heard the song as a teenager that had a good bit more life experience and knowledge, I felt that the song had depth to it - meaning. It was still (always will be!!) a fun bop to listen to, but more than that it was something to reflect on. When I hear this song I'm transported to my childhood years where I was a maniac, doing all sorts of crazy things! :) I look back and laugh and smile, because of this song and many others like it. I had some wild experiences while listening to this with very good friends of mine. I'll always treasure this song for that! :D
Glad you loved this, thank you for sharing ❤️
I like that you are starting to acknowledge song lyrics and messages. your emotional intelligence is growing.
Thank you ❤️
One of the best BANDS TO SEE LIVE. BELIEVE ME I'M 54 AND ME AND MY WIFE STILL TRYS TO SEE THE OFFSPRING WHEN THE COME THROUGH THE VA BEACH AREA
she's so adorable
Dexter (the lead singer) is on the list for most interesting people in the world, pretty big rock star they were big in the 90's/00's, then got a PHD in something microbiology or something wrote a paper that helped AIDS or something, then made his own hot sauce brand that is like the best selling on Amazon or something.
Not heard this song in ages but still is a "banger" as you call it ... great song brings back good memories of good parties lol
A classic!
For me, one of the best songs & vids ever made.
Also, it always reminds me of the Buffy Theme, which really sounds pretty similiar.😅
This came out when I was in senior High school and was "meeh" for me... but I understood and got the message like 10 years ago and it was a sucker punch. I think people hear and enjoy music as teenagers, and understand it as adult.
Their song "Want You Bad" is pretty fun, especially with the video.
The Offspring kick ass!!